SHADOWS FALL. (2016) DIRECTED BY ADITYA VISHWANATH. WRITTEN BY RAJ JAWA AND KUBER KAUSHIK. MUSIC BY ELLIOTT GOLDKIND. CINEMATOGRAPHY BY ARTIOM MAKSIMOV.
STARRING DYLAN QUIGG, JENER DASILVA,
CHRISTIAN WENNBERG, KINSEY DIMENT AND TALMADGE TIDWELL.
REVIEW BY SANDRA HARRIS. ©
This is the kind of horror film I love.
Independently made and placed in a nice cosy domestic setting, which
for me is the absolute optimum location for scares. There's no place
like home, after all, and especially not when it comes to spooks and
goblins. Home might be where we feel safest, but it's also where
we're at our most vulnerable. When we let our guard down, anything
might happen...
The film isn't about a haunted house per
se, although the little house in
a cute little American town is certainly haunted, if you get me. It's
more a case of demons being reluctantly invited in by the occupants, and one
occupant in particular. A deal has been made with the Devil's
henchman and now there's simply no telling what
evil is going to be allowed to infiltrate the place...
Senka
is an attractive young woman in her twenties who's studying hard to
be an architect. Although she's young, she's married to Jonas, a
young man to whom she's absolutely devoted. I mean, she thinks the
sun, moon and stars
shine out of Jonas's backside, although I think he looks like your
average drippy boyband member myself. Still, maybe he has hidden
talents, haha.
When we meet
her first, Senka has already made the aforementioned deal with the Devil's
henchman, Amis. See, Jonas died tragically young, right, and Senka
promises this Amis fella anything he wants in return for Senka having
her precious hubby back again. Where did she find Amis, by the way?
Why, in a mysterious old book, of course. In your face, stupid modern
Apps For Bloody Everything Nowadays...!
Like a
rat up a drainpipe, Amis is super-quick to carpe this
particular diem. Clearly
the lure of having a good-looking young female in his absolute power
is too much for any man- regular or demonic- to resist. He lets Senka
have the mopey Jonas back, but one day soon Senka's gonna have to pay
the piper, as is always the case, unfortunately, when you make a deal with the Devil
or one of his associates.
And in
the meantime, the reanimated Jonas seems, well, different, somehow.
Not as nice and thoughtful as before, maybe, and possibly a bit more
interested in domestic violence than he was in his previous
incarnation. Has Senka made the mistake of a lifetime in bringing him back?
Has she
brought back a Jonas with whom she'll never be able to live happily
ever after? And for what? A deal with an unscrupulous demon who has
the power to make her pay for her actions for all eternity? Just what
is the price she's going to have to pay? We don't know, but we can
bet our bottom dollars that whatever it is, it won't be worth it...
A word
about the demon, Amis. He's f***ing gorgeous. One
of the best-looking men I think I've ever seen in my life.
Dark-haired, designer-suited and suitably stubbly, this cross between
Lloyd Cole (from The Commotions) and
Pierce 007 Brosnan
makes the guy playing Christian Grey in the FIFTY SHADES
movies look like a sack of
s***e. There, I've said it...!
The
actor playing Amis is even called Christian,
for crying out loud. Christian Wennberg is his name and, although I
hadn't previously heard of him, if there's any justice in the world
he deserves to become a household name, even if based on looks and
smouldering sexuality alone.
My mate
said he looked like a douchebag but I happen to like douchebags,
especially if they look like Amis. I'd sell him my soul
in a hearbeat, if only it were possible. Sigh. He's the
guy who should be playing James Bond and Christian Grey, not the
excuses for men they've got playing those roles now. Bring back
really good-looking men to cinema, that's what I say. Never mind the guys who look like they might have character. We women want hotties, plain and simple. Well, obviously not plain, haha.
(Anyway, I've made this guy my screensaver. Consequently, I'm not getting much work done...!)
(Anyway, I've made this guy my screensaver. Consequently, I'm not getting much work done...!)
I loved the
characters of Rain, the so-called psychic who ironically can never tell when
she's not wanted, and
her hubby Wilhelm, the lecturer in public speaking who can't get a
word in when his wife is going yakkety-yak. They're both good fun characters.
I loved the dinky little
house inhabited by Senka and Jonas and you guys already know what I
thought of Amis, the Devil's ΓΌber-handsome
henchman, haha. There wasn't really anything I didn't like about this
film. I loved it all.
Filmed
in Los Angeles in what must surely be a record fifteen days, this is one of my favourite horror
films to come out this year. It's the first feature film of a group
of independent film-makers and I for one am dying to
see what they do next. When SHADOWS FALL comes to the cinema or out on home
release, you guys should move heaven and earth to get to see it.
AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY OF SANDRA
HARRIS.
Sandra Harris is a Dublin-based novelist, film blogger and movie reviewer. She has studied Creative Writing and Film-Making. She has published a number of e-books on the following topics: horror film reviews, multi-genre film reviews, womens' fiction, erotic fiction, erotic horror fiction and erotic poetry. Several new books are currently in the pipeline. You can browse or buy any of Sandra's books by following the link below straight to her Amazon Author Page:
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